HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04-22-1982 WorkshopCITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
RE; ZONIG APRILN 22,,11982ENTS FILE COPY
THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN A WORKSHOP SESSION ON APRIL 22, 1982
IN ORDER TO CONTINUE REVIEWING THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD'S
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE MEETING CONVENED AT 7200PM. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT WERE:
MAYOR J.L. MURPHY, JA., J. CALVERT, L. HARRIS, L. NICHOLAS, W. RUTHERFORD;
CITY ATTORNEY/MANAGER J. SCOTT, CITY CLERK P. BEAULIEU. ALSO PRESENT
WERE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBERS J. FOSTER, L. RUSSELL, R. THURM
AND C. McCONNELL.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SINCE .THE LAST SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING
HAD RESULTED IN SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD, FOR THE
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE,
THESE QUESTIONS BE DISCUSSED AT THIS TIME.
DISCUSSION COMMENCED REGARDING HEIGHT LIMITATION AND STORY
LIMITATION IN R-2 DISTRICT. THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT WAS ALSO
BROUGHT UP. BUILDING OFFICIAL HINES, SUGGESTED THAT HEIGHT BE.
DEFINED AS THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE. FURTHER
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THIS DEFINITION.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE R-2 HEIGHT BE SET AT 25 FEET WITH
HEIGHT DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: TO THE PEAK OF THE ROOF - THE UPPER
MOST PORTION OF A ROOF - THE RIDGELINE FOR A ROOF THAT SLOPES OR
THE HIGHEST POINT OF A FLAT ROOF. THE HIGHEST POINTS ARE..TO BE
MEASURED FROM THE MINIMUM ESTABLISHED FLOOD ELEVATION POINT.
IT WAS NOTED THAT THE R-1 HEIGHT LIMITATION WOULD BE 25 FEET.
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DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON TO THE R-3 HEIGHT LIMITATION. IT
WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AT THEIR LAST
MEETING, RECOMMENDED 45 FEET (SAME AS PRESENT ZONING ORDINANCE) WITH
NO STORY LIMITATION. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON SETTING R-3 HEIGHT AT
45 TO 50 FEET. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MAYOR MURPHY POLL COUNCIL
MEMBERS REGARDING THEIR PREFERENCE FOR R-3 HEIGHT. POLLING WAS
AS FOLLOWS: MRS. HARRIS, 45 FEET, MR. RUTHERFORD, 45 FEET, MR.
NICHOLAS, 45 FEET, MRS. CALVERT, 45 FEET, PROVIDING THE NUMBER OF
STORIES ARE STATED. MRS. HARRIS SUGGESTED MORE BREEZEWAY PROVISIONS
BE CONSIDERED TO INSURE MORE GREENERY. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON
THIS SUBJECT.
ATTORNEY SCOTT WAS ASKED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION SETBACK LINE AS LAND
ASSOCIATED WITH DENSITY CALCULATIONS.'
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON USING ACREAGE TO BUILD THE MAXIMUM
UNITS ALLOWED AND .AT A LATER TIME USING A PORTION OF THAT ACREAGE
FOR AREA AND DIMENSION CALCULATIONS ON A DIFFERENT PROJECT. MR. HINES
POINTED OUT A BREVARD COUNTY ZONING REGULATION PROHIBITING THIS.
IT WAS SUGGESTED CITY ATTORNEY SCOTT MEET WITH THE PLANNING AND
ZONING BOARD ON THIS SUBJECT. AND CONSIDER ADDING THIS REGULATION TO
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
FIRE PROTECTION FOR 4 AND S STORY BUILDINGS WAS DISCUSSED. THE
BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS REQUESTED TO LOOK INTO FIRE PROTECTION FOR
4 AND 5 STORY BUILDINGS AND HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL AT
THE NEXT COUNCIL WORKSHOP..;
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
RE: ZONING AMENDMENTS
4-2-82
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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBER R. THURM SUGGESTED THAT
PERHAPS THE HEIGHT LIMITATION OF 45 FEET BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE
PROPERTIES FRONTING ON THE WATER. MAYOR MURPHY SUGGESTED THAT
MR. THURM TAKE THIS SUBJECT TO PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
AT 9:15PM A RECESS WAS CALLED. AT.9:30PM THE MEETING
RECONVENED. AT THIS TIME IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL MEET
AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THEIR REVIEW. IT WAS NOTED
THAT THE REVIEW IN TWO WEEKS WOULD COMMENCE ON PAGE 49.
AT 9:31PM THE MEETING ADJOURNED.